----- Original Message ---- > From: Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:34:18 -0800 (PST), BRM wrote: > > Aside from that, I'm not sure I have ever really run "emerge > > --depclean", but I also rarely uninstall anything, but don't install > > things left or right to try out either, so typically upgrades are all I > > need to do. > You should still run --depclean as dependencies change and you could still > have plenty of no longer needed ones installed.
Okay - so I ran "emerge --depclean -a" and got the below. I tried running "emerge world -vuDNa" as specified, but that didn't resolve it either. I tried looking in the world file (/var/lib/portage/world) but didn't find any entries that felt safe to remove. So, how do I resolve? TIA, Ben Calculating dependencies... done! * Dependencies could not be completely resolved due to * the following required packages not being installed: * * ~x11-libs/qt-test-4.4.2 pulled in by: * x11-libs/qt-4.4.2 * * ~x11-libs/qt-sql-4.4.2 pulled in by: * x11-libs/qt-4.4.2 * * ~x11-libs/qt-webkit-4.4.2 pulled in by: * x11-libs/qt-4.4.2 * * ~x11-libs/qt-assistant-4.4.2 pulled in by: * x11-libs/qt-4.4.2 * * ~x11-libs/qt-gui-4.4.2 pulled in by: * x11-libs/qt-4.4.2 * * ~x11-libs/qt-xmlpatterns-4.4.2 pulled in by: * x11-libs/qt-4.4.2 * * ~dev-libs/poppler-0.10.7 pulled in by: * virtual/poppler-0.10.7 * * ~x11-libs/qt-opengl-4.4.2 pulled in by: * x11-libs/qt-4.4.2 * * ~x11-libs/qt-qt3support-4.4.2 pulled in by: * x11-libs/qt-4.4.2 * * ~x11-libs/qt-dbus-4.4.2 pulled in by: * x11-libs/qt-4.4.2 * * ~x11-libs/qt-svg-4.4.2 pulled in by: * x11-libs/qt-4.4.2 * * ~x11-libs/qt-script-4.4.2 pulled in by: * x11-libs/qt-4.4.2 * * Have you forgotten to run `emerge --update --newuse --deep world` prior * to depclean? It may be necessary to manually uninstall packages that no longer * exist in the portage tree since it may not be possible to satisfy their * dependencies. Also, be aware of the --with-bdeps option that is documented * in `man emerge`.
